Forestry and Irrigation 



VOL. XL 



JULY, 1905. 



No. 7 



NEWS AND NOTES 



Forestry in 

 Connecticut 



This number of FORES- 

 TRY AND IRRIGATION de- 

 votes considerable space 

 to the forest work now going on in 

 the State of Connecticut. Mr. Aus- 

 tin F. Hawes, State Forester, de- 

 scribes the prevailing forest condi- 

 tions and suggests methods for their 



law passed by the Connecticut legisla- 

 ture on July 5. 



From the information given by Mr. 

 Hawes and others it would seem that 

 the forest resourc'es of this state could 

 be greatly increased by judicious man- 

 agement of the present stands, supple- 

 mented by planting. Individuals as 



MR. AUSTIN F. HAWES 



Formerly a member of the Bureau of Forestry ; at present he is State 

 Forester of Connecticut in charge of all forest work 



improvement. Miss Winslow contrib- 

 utes a short history of the Connecticut 

 Forestry Association, an organization 

 which is almost ten years old, and 

 which is growing in influence. There 

 is also given the full text of the forest 



well as the state have alike a good op- 

 portunity. It seems that the main 

 thing needed is to spread the knowl- 

 edge of what to do, and excellent re- 

 sults are likely to follow. For this 

 reason tin- publisher of FORESTRY AND 



